Woman rescued after Route 322 crash (Video)

A woman was pulled from a flaming vehicle Friday after a two-vehicle accident on Route 322 in West Bradford. (Photo by Michael N. Price/Daily Local News)

WEST BRADFORD — Two people were pulled from a flaming vehicle when a car caught fire following a two-vehicle accident on Route 322 at Romig Road just east of Downingtown Friday afternoon.

The crash occurred around 2:15 p.m. when a Chrysler sedan collided with a Dodge 2500 pickup. The sedan’s engine compartment, which suffered heavy front end damage in the collision, caught fire after the collision. Both passengers were pulled from the vehicle before the fire could reach them and firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze once they arrived.

One witness said he drove by before emergency responders arrived and saw a man pulling one of the victims from the flaming vehicle as another man directed passing traffic.

Two young women, passengers from the sedan, laid down in the grass for several minutes while receiving attention from emergency medical personnel. One woman called to her friend to assure her she was all right as medics loaded her into an ambulance for transport to a nearby hospital.

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“I’m fine,” the woman yelled several times as she was wheeled by her friend.

The passengers of the pickup truck, which belonged to a Coatesville carpentry company, were not injured. Tools, broken glass, and other debris littered the roadway after the accident.

State police were investigating the cause of the accident. No details were immediately released.

The West Bradford Fire Company was assisted by members of Downingtown Fire Department’s Minquas Fire Company and EMS.